i have an idea

(this was a comment orginally posted to anna)

i have an idea

im sharing it with you first, because, its an anna-samiah type of idea, like a million balloons type of idea.

we havent shared our ideas in a long time.




this idea, is about a book club i will start. its going to be a different kind of book club. its kind of like, a popcorn book club.
let me explain.


someone in the book club reads a book. and they use one color highlighter, and throughout the book, they highlight whatever they want to highlight, given that they have some purpose for highlighting whatever they're highlighting.

and then they pass that same book to someone else. and then using a different color, that person highlights whatever they want to highlight, for whatever reason, as long as they have a reason, to be highlighting.

and then that person passes the book to someone else in the book club. and so on.

and heres the catch.

the book club isn't preestablished. youre not a "member" just becuase you "sign-up". you become a member whenever you get a book passed to you. and anyone can pass it to anyone.
and they join the club.

and when there are no more different colors of highlighters, you can underline, with different colors, or cirlce. or even footnote. or even, post-it note.

and then the book is put in the secret clubhouse.

i'll figure out where that is later.

but any member of the club can go to that clubhouse, and look at the books, and see all the different lines that have affected different people.

and even when they're reading a book that has been passed to them, they can stop at a highlighted passage and wonder at who what when where and why it was highlighted.

you're allowed to rehighlight.

when there's really nothing left to cover,

another person decides to read a book... and he/she highlights...

and passes it...